Species profile—Litoria balatus (slender bleating treefrog)

Classification

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Amphibia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (amphibians) → Hylidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=hylidae ) (tree frogs) → Litoria balatus (slender bleating treefrog)

Photo of Litoria balatus (slender bleating treefrog) - Hines, H.,H.B. Hines DES,2010 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/25983?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=617#imgGallery )

Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=617&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=617&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=617 )

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (animals)
Class
Amphibia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (amphibians)
Family
Hylidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=hylidae ) (tree frogs)
Scientific name
Litoria balatus Rowley, Mahony, Hines, Myers, Price, Shea & Donnellan, 2021
Common name
slender bleating treefrog
Type reference
Rowley, J.J.L., Mahony, M.J., Hines, H.B., Myers, S., Price, L., Shea, G., & Donnellan, S.C. (2021). Two new frog species from the Litoria rubella species group from eastern Australia. Zootaxa, 5071(1), 1-41.
WildNet taxon ID
617
Synonym(s)
Litoria dentata
Alternate name(s)
bleating treefrog
slender bleating tree frog
bleating tree frog
Kefersteins tree frog
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species ( https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/biota/fauna/fauna-indicator-species/ )
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Aquatic & Terrestrial

Other resources

Photo gallery
  • Photo of Litoria balatus (slender bleating treefrog) - Hines, H.,H.B. Hines DES,2010 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/25983?f=.jpg )
  • Photo of Litoria balatus (slender bleating treefrog) - Hines, H.,Queensland Government,1998 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/3840?f=.jpg )
  • Photo of Litoria balatus (slender bleating treefrog) - Hines, H.,H.B. Hines DES,2007 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/25982?f=.jpg )
  • Photo of Litoria balatus (slender bleating treefrog) - Hines, H.,H.B. Hines DES,2010 ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/25984?f=.jpg )

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=617 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=617 ).

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.